başı bla oynarğa
/baʃɯ bla ojnarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to play with someone's head
Intended meaning
To mock someone and destroy their honor or good name.
- Bıla halqnı başı bla asırı oynay bolurla deyme.I think they are toying far too much with the people's honor.
- Awruw quturtub jathan tişirıwnu başı bla oynarğa umut etgen Irısqul işeksiz murdardı.Ryskul, who meant to trifle with the honor of a woman lying delirious with illness, is without doubt a villain.
Variants
- baş toqmağı bla oynarğa
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary